“Mon Canada – A New Year’s wish
by Jim Bertram
Today, I am writing a New Year's wish. For my country. For my fellow citizens. It is a wish for well-being, success,...
Teach your children
We have just marked a special Remembrance Day: the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. As always, the phrase that was...
Changing of the guard
The impact of the recent North Grenville Rural Summit continues to be felt, and not only in the municipality. Elsewhere in this issue you...
Revolution
We do live in interesting times, which, as you may know, is considered a curse in some cultures. In an incredibly fast process, the...
Garbage in, Garbage out
Computers are strange things, aren’t they? I mean, we give them such respect and authority, as if they were somehow more reliable and knowledgeable...
Time to talk
As readers will note this week, there has been some confusion in Council about a number of issues and Mayor Nash has been somewhat...
Eve of Destruction
Has something very important been broken in the world? Is it my imagination, or have we reached a new low in human relations and...
Days of future past
Life (and editorials) have been pretty bleak recently. Lots of things to worry about, politics, wars, famines, wildfires, etc. I felt I needed some...
Standing on the shoulders of others
I grew up on a farm where my mother raised six children on her own, including four girls who grew up to become very...
Country roads
It seems strange to think now that, back in 1997, when amalgamation was the main topic of conversation, the Council of the Town of...